06/18/14 Featured Arkansas Photography–Early springtime sunset at Haw Creek Falls

I was able to catch the setting sun at just the right angle

Taken in 3 parts with a Phase One IQ260 and Rodenstock 40mm lens, Arca rm3di camera with a CL-PL filter. This image will be featured in my up coming show at Cantrell Gallery.  I am featuring locations in Arkansas that I am always drawn back to.  Haw Creek Falls, is not the tallest waterfall in Arkansas or the most dramatic, however it’s a beauty.  Haw Creek runs over a huge ledge that runs back about 100 yards and has created in effect a natural dam.  There is pool behind the falls that is a great swimming hole in the summer months.  The way the trees lean down to the water just makes for a great photograph.  Working a sunset at Haw Creek can be very problematic, most times there will be someone standing on the ledge and you have to time out your shots.  Also in the later months of summer the sun will be going down directly over the center of the valley which makes for a much more difficult shot.  In this case, mid April, the sun is still over to the far left and on this evening as it set it cast an amazing line of light down the valley of Haw Creek.  This effect only lasted about 10 minutes, just enough for me to figure out where to stand to get the best vantage point.  On this day, the entire main ledge had water coming over the top which always makes for a great shot.  I took this photograph as a series of stitches using an Arca technical camera, the rm3di.  As the light was already at a low angle, I did not need a neutral density filter, just a polarizer to help cut the glare off the water.  I was blessed this evening as there was almost no wind blowing which made for a very detailed shot.